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Newcastle have not won in the five weeks since King Kev returned to St. James' Park. It won't get any easier as Manchester United come to town tomorrow. Leaders Arsenal are at Birmingham, Everton travel to Manchester City, it's a London derby between Fulham and West Ham, and Liverpool host Boro.

Meanwhile, Chelsea and Spurs meet for the League Cup -- see separate post above for that preview.EPL PreviewsPreview Two

Greg Berhalter, 1860 Munich (2. Bundesliga)vs. 1899 Hoffenheim, H, 0-1 loss (50 minutes, 1 red card)Berhalter was sent off in the 50th minute for what only can be described as a silly decision. Already cautioned, Berhalter followed through with a terrible tackle on the wing only five minutes after the break. It was an uncharacteristically bad decision from the veteran center back. Berhalter was rated as a 5 by kicker. 1860 are sixth in the table. Up next: FC Koln (2. Bundesliga) 2/22.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Arsenal's Kolo and Barcelona's Yaya have made their father Moury Toure a very proud man – and there’s more to come.

“Football has become this family’s drug,” smiles Mory Toure. It would also be their blessing. Kolo would bring rice home when he received his bonuses at the ASEC academy and maintained what his father calls “his solidarity with his brothers and sisters, who were always together, and that helped us as parents.”

A largely undistinguished goalless draw in Piraeus has left Chelsea with the advantage ahead of the second-leg at their StamfordBridge fortress. The best chance of the game fell to Chelsea's Salomon Kalou in stoppage-time, but it went begging, as had everything else beforehand in a game dominated by defences.

Roma 2-1 Real MadridRoma recovered from going a goal behind to earn a narrow 2-1 lead over Real Madrid in their Champions League last 16 first leg at the Stadio Olimpico.

"There is no way Watford will get back into this match."Paul Merson reporting with Watford 2-0 down to Charlton. Five minutes later they were level."What's it like to have no Cox?"Swindon fans to Northampton after the Robins beat the Cobblers to the signing of Simon Cox.

'You have to be hungry'. That's what Alfredo Di Stéfano said to a Spanish journalist when asked, on his return to Real Madrid to manage the team, which factor separated the great players from the merely good ones. But Di Stéfano, who this last weekend was honoured by Michel Platini with the UEFA President's Prize, did not mean 'hungry' in the figurative sense that a manager would mean it today. He meant 'literally hungry'.

Two bad boys were on form this weekend in Italy. Former coke-sniffer Adrian Mutu scored a stunner to take Fiorentina up to fourth, as Cassano's excellent performance enabled Samp to beat GenoaMutu puts Fiorentina back up to fourth

With all the praise and attention that have come Jozy Altidore's way in the past year, from TV commercials to video game covers to historic goals, Quavas Kirk knows it's important to bring his former teammate back to realityAltidore hailed as America's soccer prodigy